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Originally Posted by garinda
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The link to
Roy's Huncoat site makes for interesting reading. The mention of photographs in 1848 of the coppice seems very early... may have to enquire about those. I thought photography was very rare in the area at this point (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong
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The earlier date of the name and the material I was reading make sense together if the area was used for coppicing earlier than the twentieth century - that's what I was looking for - thanks. The population boom at that time could explain why it disappeared.
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Originally Posted by susie123
But then you're only a slip of a lad, Pudwoppa, you wouldn't remember that far back...  |
Tis true; my childhood was spent playing 'manhunt' and building dens in those trees. Glad it wasn't bare slopes to be honest - 'run up and down the hill' as a game would have worn thin with me I think